Divorced, But Queen - Chapter 62: Chapter 62

Not far away, under a broken, rusty swing, a man's eyes bulged out of his head, his face flushed an ugly mix of red and purple.
He clawed helplessly at the chain strangling his neck. Mouth wide open, he cried out in agony, "Help me! Help me!"
His legs dangled limply, knees bent and brushing the ground. He could have lived if he just stood up.
But he didn't. Why didn't he?
Maybe it was because the streetlights were too bright, or maybe Lily's eyesight was just too good.
Even though the man's face was twisted and grotesque, Lily still recognized him.
He was the corrupt official who had embezzled money, ruining countless workers' families.
"Have you seen enough?" A cold, clear voice sliced through the night, as chilling as a frozen lake in winter.
Stiffly, Lily turned her head and met a pair of striking eyes.
Aria was smiling, but the smile was eerie and terrifying.
The two stared at each other, completely ignoring everything else around them.
"You little bitch, so here you are—" Leon walked here.
Leon had just caught sight of the scene when a stick flew through the air and smashed into him, knocking him out cold.
Aria straightened up, the snow under her feet crunching with soft sounds.
Lily asked, "Did you kill him?"
Aria chuckled and said, "Didn't you see it? He killed himself. It has nothing to do with me."
Then Aria kicked Leon's body lightly with her foot and asked, "Is this your dad?"
"Yeah," Lily answered.
Aria asked, "Was he holding a knife because he wanted to kill you?"
"Yeah." Caleb dropped his gaze, not wanting to appear too vulnerable in front of his sister.
Aria chuckled. "So he's a bad guy! Do you want me to kill him for you? It'll cost you three thousand dollars."
For some reason, even after witnessing something so horrifying and meeting this terrifying girl, Lily didn't feel afraid. She replied, "I don't have any money."
"No money, huh?" Aria sighed regretfully. "That's too bad. I already killed one bad guy for free. Can't do another one for free."
"You said you didn't kill that man," Lily said.
"I wasn't talking about him." Aria stared at her and smiled again. "Poor thing."
Lily didn't say anything and asked, "Since I saw everything, are you going to kill me?"
Aria bent down, lifted Lily's chin with two fingers, and clicked her tongue twice. "I don't kill kids! But, you did see something you shouldn't have, and that's a little tricky."
Aria pulled out a card from her pocket and stuffed it into Lily's coat. Her eyes turned cold as she glanced at Leon lying on the ground.
Aria said, "Here are your two options. First, there's 65 thousand dollars on this card. Take the money and kill him. Second, I kill both of you.
"Little girl, which one are you picking?"
Lily's body was frozen stiff. Her hands trembling, she clutched the card hidden in her coat. "I pick the first one."
"Smart girl. The password is 123456. Don't let anyone steal it, alright?" Aria answered.
With that, Aria squatted down and did something quick, making herself seem a few inches taller.
Then Aria disappeared into the night without leaving a single footprint behind.
Lily ran over, squatted down, and started frantically brushing snow over her own footprints, trying to cover every last trace.
The whole time, Lily didn't dare glance even once at the swing.
Not until every trace was gone did Lily turn to look at Leon. She picked up the stick, her eyes turned bloodshot, and raised it high above her head.
In the end, she couldn't do it. Lily just knelt down and cried. After a while, she hid the bank card carefully, then dropped to her knees, slapping Leon's face with her small hand. "Dad! Someone's dead!"
Leon woke up with a start and shoved her aside roughly. When he caught sight of the man hanging from the swing, he let out a terrified scream.
"Dad!" Lily shouted at him. "That guy's worth 150 thousand dollars!"
Leon snapped back to reality. "What did you just say?"
Lily repeated what she had seen in a newspaper article. "If you give the police information about this guy, there's a 150 thousand reward."
Leon grabbed her shoulders tightly. "Just now, that girl—you saw her too, right? She's the one who killed him, isn't she?"
"Dad, are you sure you weren't just seeing things? I didn't see anyone else," Lily said, her teeth chattering from the cold. "If someone else really was here, wouldn't she be the one to get the 100 thousand dollars instead?"
Hearing this, Leon suddenly got it. He said, "Right, right, there was nobody else! No one at all!"
Leon pulled Lily into a tight hug. "You brought Dad here, good girl."
Leon glanced nervously at the spot where the girl had stood earlier. It was all white, nothing there.